Bearing and method of making it



J. BRINCIL BEARING AND METHOD OF MAKING IT Filed July 2, 1925 HEB HIEUU DE 1' GUIDED-t; E/ 1' 'U/ 4 L/ 4 v I I Z v /\V IA-V/l/IVI/AVI/l/AVII l VEMJ 1a; ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 24, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BRINCIL, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

IBEABING AND METHOD OF MAKING 11.

Application filed July 2, 1925. Serial No. 41,066.

This invention relates to bushing bearings and their manufacture, particularly to bearings of the self-lubricating type. It is'old in making bearings of this type to provide the metal face of the bearing with inserts of aphite or other solid lubricant but it is di cult to make these inserts stay in place.

It has been proposed to stamp depressions in self-lubricatin bearings having dove-tailed,

and hence loc ing, grooves, by extruding metal through an annular die shaped to provide undercut grooves in the inner face of the tube, these grooves being subsequently filled with graphite which is held in place because of the shape of the grooves. Such a bearing, although satisfactory, is very expensive to make. It has also been proposed to perforate a strip of bearing metal, bend this strip into cylindrical form, place it within a second concentric unperforated cylinder and fill the perforations with the graphite. This bearing is also unsatisfactory, not only because the graphite inserts are likely to fall out, but because the two cylindrical members of the bearing are likely to become separated unless they are permanently joined in some manner.

According to the present invention, I have provided an inexpensive method of making a self-lubricatin bearing which shall be free of the objectlons cited above. I take a strip of bearing metal such as brass or bronze'and perforate a section of it, with a series of perforations preferably having flaring side walls. I obtain this-result by the use of properl shaped punches. A section of the strip a -'acent the perforated section and substantiali equal in length to the circumference of the bearing is left un erforated. This strip, part1 perforate and part1 unperforated, is t en wound about an ar r of a diameter slightly largerthan that of the finished'bearlng, the winding taking place with the erforated section innermost and the" er orations so arran ed that the .smallon s are adjacent the ar r and jthe large ends come in contact wlth the unperforated section of the strip which overlies the perforated section. After the wind ing operation the two ends of the strip are adjacent each other, one on the inside and the other on the outside of the structure. I then fill the perforations with a lubricatin paste-such as graphite and preferably "bake it before proceeding to the final shapngoperation which comprises placing the bearing upon an arbor slightly smaller than the first arbor, but .of exactly the propersize, and swaging it to reduce it to perfect cylindrical form. The hammering of the swaging machine forces the metal of the outer ply of the bearing into the perforations in the inner a slight distance, thus completely locking the parts and making any relative movement impossible.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated, more or less diagrammatically,

the apparatus used and the various steps followed in the manufacture of abearing in accordance with the present invention. In

these drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a strip of bearing metal with two sets of perforations punched therein; Figure 2 is a transverse longitudinal vertical section through a punch and die used to pierce and dove-tail the perforations; Figure 3 is a section taken along line 3-3 of Figure 1 Figure 51 is a plan view of a unit strip used in the manufacture of .a single bearing; Figure" 5 is a longitudinal section through a strip of bearing metal showing the first step in the winding operation; Figure '6 is a similar section showing a completely wound bearing, and Figure 7 is a transverse section through the swaging arbor and completed bearing showing diagrammatically the elements of the swaging press.

In the drawings 1 represents a strip of 4 bearing metal which is fedbeneath the piercing punches 2 of the press 3 and perforated at intervals as indicated in Figure 1 with a series of perforations 4. These erforations are provided with outwardly aring side walls by yirtue of the shape of the piercing punches as illustrated in Figure 2. The stri 1 is fed through the press stepby-step y any well-known mechanism and in such a manner that the erforated sections are followed by unper orated sections of slightly greater length. After the punchingoperation the strips arecut into units as illustrated in Fi re 4 by means of any. I

desired cutting or s caring means. I

The unit strip illustrated in Figure 4 is then wound about an arbor 5 of sli htly larger diameter than the diameter 0 the finished bearing. As illustrated in Figure 5 the perforated section of the strip is wound innermost with the small ends 0 the perforations adjacent the arbor. When the winding has been completed the bearing is then in the shape illustrated in Figure 6. At this stage in the manufacture I prefer to insert the graphite which is introduced into erforations in the form of a paste. and aked in situ. It will be noted that the graphite inserts once in place are securely locked against displacement by the converging side walls of the perforations and the outer unperforated ply of the bearing.

The bearing is then mounted upon a second arbor 6 of exactly the diameter of the finished bearing and placed between the semi-cylindrical jaws 7 of a swaging machine, the two ends of the strip being placed substantially along the bisecting radius of one of the jaws. The hammering action of the swaging machine causes the bearing to assume the shape illustrated in Figure 6 with the two ends closely adjacent and the outer. face of the inner ply lying in substantially the same cylindrical surface with the inner face of the outer ply at this point..

The resultant-bearing is perfectly cylindrical both internally and externall and due' to the fact that it is.all made 0 one piece of metal, and also due to the fact that the hammering action of the swagingmachine forces some of the metal of t e outer ply into the perforations, a strong, substantially unitary structure results, the various parts of which cannot become dislodged during use.

I claim:

- 1. In a method of making a self-lubricat- 1 ing bushing bearing the steps comprising v 2. In a. method of making a'self-lubricat-' forming perforations in part of a stripof bearing metal, winding the strip into spiral form with the perforations innermost, and filling the perforations with a lubricant.

ing. bushing bearing, the steps comprising most, and the unperforated part overlfying forming perforations in a part of a strip of bearing metal; winding the strip into spiral form with .the perforations innerthe perforated part; and filling the per tions with a lubricant,

.3. In a method of making a self-lubricating bushing bearing the steps comprising forming perforations in one-half the length of a strip of bearing metal, the strip being of a length substantially twice the circumference of the complete bearin winding the strip into spiral form with t e perforatiensinnermost and filling the perforions with a lubricating aste. v

4. In a method 0 making a self-lubricating bushing bearing the steps comprising forming perforations having flaring side walls in a strip of bearing metal, winding the strip into spiral form about an arbor with the perforations innermost and the small end of each perforation adjacent the arbor and filling the perforations with a lubricating paste.

5. In a method of making a self-lubricating bushing bearing the steps comprising forming perforations having flaring side walls in one-half the length of a strip of bearing metal the length of the strip being substantially twice the circumference of the completed bearing, winding the strip into spiral form about an arbor with the perforations innermost and the small end of each perforation adjacent the arbor and the large end covered with the unperforated half of the strip, and filling the perforations with a lubricating paste.

6. The method of making a self-lubricating bushing bearing which comprises forming perforations in a strip of bearing metal, winding the strip into spiral form with the perforations innermost, filling the perforations'with a. lubricating paste and swaging the .resultant structure to make a bearing of substantially equal wall thickness throughsubstantially equal wall thickness throughout its circumference.

'8. The method of making a self-lubricating bushing bearing which comprises forming a cylindrical bearing element having perforations in its bearing face for receiving a lubricant, surrounding said element with a second element and swaging the resultant structure to force the metal of the outer element into the perforations of the inner element and interlock thetwo. 1

9. A self-lubricating bushing bearin comprising a spiral strip of bearing meta the inner 1y bein perforated and the perforations lled wit a lubricant.

10. A selfelubricating bushing bearing comprising multiple plys of a single strip of spirally wound bearingmetal, the inner 1ybeing perforated, and the perforations fi ed with a lubricant. 11. A self-lubricating bushing bearing made up of a spirally wound strip of bearing metal, the'inner part of .the strip bein perforated and the perforations filled with the. resultant structure to make a bearing of I graphite and the outer part of the strip overlying the inner and locking the overlying the inner. graphite inserts in place,-the inner face of 110 12. A self-lubricating bushing bearing the outer end of the strip being in substanin the form of a spirally Wound strip of tially the same cylindrical surface as the 5 metal, the inner end ofthe strip being perouter face of the inner end.

forated with perforations having inwardly In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

flaring side Walls and the perforations filled with graphite, the outer end of the strip JOSEPH BRINCIL. 

